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Roofs rarely give out in the open. They give out at the seams. Six places a roof gives way. Only one of them is the part most people look at.
Garage Point 1: ridge caps 1 Ridge caps: thin, exposed, first to lift Point 2: the field of the roof 2 The field: granules and age Point 3: valleys 3 two slopes Point 4: flashing 4 where the garage meets the wall Point 5: vent boot 5 Vent boot Point 6: eaves and ice dams 6 Eaves, where backed-up water gets in
  1. 1 Ridge caps. Thin, fully exposed, and the first course to lift.
  2. 2 The field. Granule loss is the honest measure of how much life is left.
  3. 3 Valleys. One channel taking the runoff of two slopes, all year round.
  4. 4 Flashing. At the chimney, and where the garage roof meets the wall of the house.
  5. 5 The vent boot. Small, rubber, and on a much shorter clock than everything around it.
  6. 6 Eaves. Where water that has backed up at the edge gets under the courses.

The stain is not above the hole

Water runs along the underside of the deck and down a rafter before it drips, so the wet patch on a ceiling is usually several feet from wherever something went wrong. Four failures account for most of it here, and each one starts at a junction.

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